Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Torres Strait (West Pacific Ocean)
List of families for Torres Strait
4 Families width 22 Species
Genera for Torres Strait
21 Genera with 22 Species #ACDEGLMNPS
Anepsion Strand, 1929 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1870 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1857 | Dewdrop spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | Ariamnes Thorell, 1869 | Whip spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Artifex Kallal & Hor..., 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1886 | Three-lobed Spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1857 | Tent spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | Dipoena Thorell, 1869 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eriophora Simon, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1872 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | Laetesia Simon, 1908 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870 | Black widow spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | Leucauge White, 1841 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mesida Kulczynski, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micropoltys Kulczyński, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1804 | Banana spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilengys L. Koch, 1842 | Hermit spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Phonognatha Simon, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 | False black widows | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Torres Strait
22 Species | Araneus omoedus (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870 | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Argyrodes fissifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) | ⇒ Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999 | | Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | Artifex melanopyga L.Koch, 1871 | | | Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) | ⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | Cyclosa vallata Keyserling, 1886 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842 | | | Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859) | ⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906 | | Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865 | Australian garden orb weaver spider | | Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775) | ⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914 | | Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Mesida argentiopunctata Rainbow, 1916 | | | Micropoltys heatherae H.M. Smith &..., 2010 | | | Nephila antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842 | Batik Golden Orb Weaver | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804 | Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider | | Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Nephilengys papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | | Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Torres Strait | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders, Orb Weaver Spiders, Orb weavers, Orb-weaver spider, Orb-weaver spiders, Orb-weavers, Orb-Weaving Spider, Orbweavers, Typical Orb Weavers, Typical orb-weaver spiders | 9
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Linyphiidae
Blackwall, 1859
Dwarf spiders, Dwarf weavers, Lattice web spiders, Line Weavers, Line Weaving Spiders, Line-Weaving Spiders, Money Spider/Sheet Weaver, Money Spiders, Sheet weavers, Sheet web spider, Sheet-Web Spinners, Sheet-Web Weavers, Sheetweb And Dwarf Weavers, Sheetweb weavers | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Horizontal Orb-Web Weavers, Large-Jawed Orb Weavers, Long jawed orb-weavers, Long jawed spiders, Long-jawed orb weavers, Long-Jawed Orbweavers, Long-Jawed Spiders, Longjawed Orb Weavers, Longjawed orbweavers, Stretch spider, Thick-Jawed Spiders | 5
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders, Cobweb weavers, Comb-footed spiders, Combfooted Spiders, Scaffold web spider, Scaffolding-Web Spiders, Tangle-web spiders, Theridiids | 6
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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